Melaleuca
Listed one Melaleuca item on ebay. Within hours, I received an email, purportedly from Melaleuca, not eBay, threatening legal action if the item was not immediately removed. How did this random person get my email? I have no contract with Melaleuca.
7 comments
krazzykats
·6 months agoWas the product 20 years old as well? Did you officially terminate/cancel your membership under the customer agreement?
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m.rbell
OP6 months agoIt was a non-perishable product, or anything with an expiration date. Hard goods only.
albertabrightalberta
·6 months ago@m.rbell
Generally, first sale doctrine applies when one lists and resells an item they purchased from a legitimate retailer or source.
However those who had legal contracts with companies have contractual agreements to which they're bound.
And based on your statement of "I left Melaleuca over 20 years ago" it sounds like you were in some type of agreement with them in which you agreed not to resell their items.
Whether you can be held to the agreement in perpetuity, we can't know because we haven't read the contract. You might want to speak to an attorney.
m.rbell
OP6 months agoAs I stated in my comment above, I do not have a contract with Melaleuca.
theteamsetguy
·6 months ago@m.rbell ,
If I only had one Melaleuca item I would have taken it down, donated it to Goodwill and take tax deduction.
Someone else can buy it from Goodwill and list it here.
tobaccocardyahoo
·6 months agoSometimes, silly emails are followed by a visit from a process server.
simba6
·6 months agoEmail is never used for legal documents. If they had the power of the law, they would be a VERO member and eBay would take it down. There is also a weight loss program I will leave nameless that also says you can't resell their crap with silly emails.